Queen Awards Medal to Teenage War Hero ; Soldier Who Defied Us Friendly Fire

Daily Post › February 27, 2004

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THE youngest military receipient of the George Cross was awarded his medal by the Queen yesterday, watched by the Wirral soldier whose life he saved in the Iraq war.

Trooper Christopher Finney, 19, showed astonishing bravery as he rescued Lance Corporal Alan Tudball after their armoured vehicle was destroyed by a US warplane in a "friendly fire" incident.

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Queen Awards Medal to Teenage War Hero ; Soldier Who Defied Us Friendly Fire

Despite being injured and under fire, he went back into the wreckage of their vehicle to drag the badl...

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